Title :
Rapid manipulation of the spatial coherence
Author :
Chriki, Ronen ; Nixon, Micha ; Pal, Vishwa ; Tradonsky, Chene ; Barach, Gilad ; Friesem, Asher A. ; Davidson, Nir
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Complex Syst., Weizmann Inst. of Sci., Rehovot, Israel
Abstract :
Efficient method for manipulating the spatial coherence of a laser is presented. Different mutual intensity coherence functions, such as cosine or Bessel functions, are obtained, and number of modes is controlled in 1D and 2D.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser modes; light coherence; 1D modes; 2D modes; Bessel functions; cosine functions; laser; mutual intensity coherence functions; rapid manipulation; spatial coherence; Apertures; Cavity resonators; Coherence; Measurement by laser beam; Mirrors; Spatial filters; Speckle;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
